Includes appendix and index.

Unit one: Foundations in maternal family, and child care -- Chapter 1: Traditional and community nursing care for women, families, and children -- Chapter 2: Contemporary issues in women's, families', and children's health care -- Chapter 3: The evolving family -- Chapter 4: Caring for women, families, and children in contemporary society -- Unit two: The process of human reproduction -- Chapter 5: Reproductive anatomy and physiology -- Chapter 6: Human sexuality and fertility -- Chapter 7: Conception and development of the embryo and fetus -- Unit three: The prenatal journey -- Chapter 8: Physiological and psychosocial changes during pregnancy -- Chapter 9: The Prenatal assessment -- Chapter 10: Promoting a healthy pregnancy -- Chapter 11: Caring for the woman experiencing complication during pregnancy -- Unit four: The birth experience -- Chapter 12: The process of labor and birth -- Chapter 13: Promoting patient comfort during labor and birth -- Chapter 14: Caring for the woman experiencing complication during labor and birth -- Unit five: Care of the new family -- Chapter 15: Caring for the postpartal woman and her family -- Chapter 16: Caring for the woman experiencing complications during the postpartal period -- Chapter 17: Physiological transition of the newborn -- Chapter 18: Caring for the normal newborn -- Chapter 19: Caring for the newborn at risk -- Unit six: Caring for the child and family: Chapter 20: Caring for the developing child -- Chapter 21: Caring for the child in the hospital and in the community -- Chapter 22: Caring for the family across care settings -- Unit seven: Ongoing care of the child in the hospital and in the community -- Chapter 23: Caring for the child with a psychosocial or cognitive condition -- Chapter 24: Caring for the child with a respiratory condition -- Chapter 25: Caring for the child with a gastrointestinal condition -- Chapter 26: Caring for the child with an immunological or infectious condition -- Chapter 27: Caring for the child with a cardiovascular condition -- Chapter 28: Caring for the child with an endocrinological or metabolic condition -- Chapter 29: Caring for the child with a neurological or sensory condition -- Chapter 30: Caring for the child with a musculoskeletal condition -- Chapter 31: Caring for the child with an integumentary condition -- Chapter 32: Caring for the child with a renal, urinal tract, or reproductive condition -- Chapter 33: Caring for the child with a hematological condition -- Chapter 34: Caring for the child with cancer -- Chapter 35: Caring for the child with a chronic condition or the dying child.